Month 2 update

So I have continued to eat very low fat longer than I had originally planned to. As far as fat loss goes, I did not lose much. For the first 3 weeks I ate closer to 4000 calories and maintained my weight. It wasn't until I ate closer to 3000-3300 calories that I started to lean out very slightly. I started weighing around 148, and I am about 145-146 today. I do notice only a slight fat loss, which is expected since I was eating over 3000 calorie almost every day. As far as the gym goes, my deadlift and deep squat both increased slightly (170 deep squat 5x5, 285 deadlift for one rep).

Here is the totals for the last 2 months. The first two week were close to 4000 calories and the last month or so were closer to 3100-3400 calories.

3496 calories
715 grams carbs (464 grams sugar, 193 grams starch, 43 fiber)
154 grams protein
11.6 grams fat (1.8 grams pufa, 2.8 grams mufa, 4.8 grams saturated)
139 mg cholesterol
7 grams alcohol

I added in liver twice in the last few weeks which explains the higher cholesterol. I also really upped the starch this past month and lowered the sugar just due to cravings. I've been eating a LOT of rice krispies, artisan bread from trader joes with no added oils, pretzels with no oils, white rice, and some pasta and potatoes.

I also eat over 4000 calories still at least one out of every 10 days.

I plan to keep fat very low for more weeks to come to hopefully keep leaning out at just over 3000 calories, including the re-feed day.

Thanksgiving

I had roughly 30 grams of fat today, and around 3500 total calories. The fat came mostly from cheese, coconut oil, and butter.

I plan to try to be strict for another 2-3 weeks, but keep my calories around 3500 calories and maybe less (but definitely not less than 3000). I have seen that I can maintain my weight at around 4000 calories for 16 days. I have also seen that I can gain about 6-8 pounds at 4000 calories over the span of 3 months and with a fat intake between 35 and 50 grams on average. Now to see if I can lean out at over 3000 calories with very low fat. I will just as active as I have been.

Day 16 Update

So tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day and I am not sure how much fat I will end up eating. I could be really strict and just not eat anything. That is stressful and rude though, so I plan to eat some fat and just keep the total low to not mess up my experiment. I can not promise I will keep fat very low though, so I am gonna post some results now. I just wish the fat I would be eating would be coconut, egg yolks, and chocolate.

Here are the total averages for the last 16 days.
3878 calories
822g carbs (593g sugar, 157g starch, 56g fiber)
172g protein
7.6g fat (1.4g PUFA, 1.4g MUFA, 2.7g Saturated fat)   -1.7% of calories
116mg cholesterol
2g alcohol 

I weighed 149 pounds today, which is more than when I started the experiment. I was a little surprised also, since I averaged around 3500 the last few(4-5) days. Activity has included walking (not 5+ miles though, a little less), gymnastic bodies training 3-4 days a week, some deadlifting and squatting once a week, and some added pullups and dips.

Overall, I've felt pretty good over the last 2 weeks. The only problem I've encountered was not being able to sleep the last 3 nights. I'm not sure if the diet (or perhaps the drop in calories from 4000 to 3500) is effecting my sleep, or if the sleep has made me put on the pound, or if it's just a coincidence. I will try to keep the calories around 3500 the next 2-3 weeks with the fat very low still, to see if I lose some fat. I can hypothesize that at 3500-4000 calories and very very low fat, I can maintain (or maybe slightly gain?) fat.

Day 12 update

The experiment has been going pretty well. I feel good overall, have lots of energy, sleep is deep when I am asleep. Libido is still there even with lack of fat.

Here is a summary of the last 12 days. Two days were higher in fat. Last Saturday with the trout incident (25g), and today I had about 10 grams of fat due to 2 big bowls of captain crunch, which happened to be about 4 grams of saturated fat.

3985 calories
849g carbs (605g sugar, 172g starch, 57g fiber)  - 80% of cals
172g protein  - 17.3% of cals
8.4g fat (1.5g PUFA, 1.6g MUFA, 3g saturated) - 2% of cals
128mg cholesterol
2.8g alcohol

I weighed in at 148 today, same as I was on the first day. I do notice a slight body composition change in the mirror, where I appear leaner. It might just be an illusion though. I have been doing more pullups and dips the past two weeks (in addition to the gymnastic bodies training), so that could be a reason. Tomorrow I am going to deadlift and squat.

It's kind of hard to eat 4000 calories doing this, unless I go to Waldbaums and buy the 28oz deglet noor package for 6 dollars. There were about 10 of them 2 weeks ago, and they are down to 4. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one buying them. I have been getting most of my calories from the dates (the stomach twisting has gone away for the most part) I also eat a good amount of rice (2-3 cups almost daily), and I have been drinking almost half gallon of skim milk most days. And I pound the non fat yogurt, that is why my protein has been higher. Anyway, I might end up eating closer to 3500 cals for the next 2 weeks to see if I lean out. I have been hungry at night if I haven't been hitting 4000 however, so time will tell.

Day 6

Update for anyone following, today I was out to eat at Cracker Barrel, and ordered trout thinking it was a lean fish. Apparently 2 fillets contain about 10g of fat, 3g of it PUFA. After reading the info, I finished my potatoes with some butter and ate some coconut oil when I got home. Total fat for today will be around 25 grams. The plan is to get back to less than 10grams total fat tomorrow.

Day Four update

The last four days have been pretty good. I've been pretty low in starch everyday except today, where I ate a good amount of sweet potatoes and frosted flakes. I've keep the liquid up, but added more salt. I also have been sweating more by playing basketball 2 of the last days. I did bodyweight training yesterday, and will do lighter dead lifts and squats tomorrow.

Feeling some mood swings of feeling kinda down, but it might be mostly because of the lack of sunlight/vitamin D and the weather getting cold. Another problem I noticed was the last two days my stomach having an uncomfortable cramping twisting feeling. I think it's due to my rapid increase in dates (over 1 lb each day). Otherwise, no problem, lots of energy, and very "outgoing/social" for myself.

I weighed 148 again today.

Last 4 days averages.
3936 calories
861g carbs (633g sugar, 145g starch, 65g fiber) - the fiber is from the dates   81% of cals
159g protein
6.1g fat (1.1g PUFA)   -1.3% of calories
115mg cholesterol - from shrimps

I had 1 drink with vodka last night.

First day of very low fat diet

I'll try to update every 5-7 days

I ended up keeping both fat and starch very low today, mainly due to me eating only dates all day. Ideally, I'd like to have more starch, particularly from root vegetables and rice. I'm gonna get a steamer soon, so I can easily steam the root vegetables instead of boiling them.

I had some trouble logging the dates accurately. I am going to log 5 deglet noor dates as 1.25 ounces.

Here are my macros at the end of the day.
3742 calories
813 carbs (689 sugar, 52 starch, 64 fiber) (80% of cals)
176 protein
5.7g fat (1.3% of cals)   0.6 grams PUFA

That basically looks like 20+ oz of dates, half a gallon of skim milk, 32ish oz of nonfat greek yogurt, some honey and bananas, and a Mexican coca cola (which uses real sugar).

I noticed that my hands and feet are a bit colder today. I have used salt liberally though. Maybe the amount of skim milk plus a glass of OJ and the coca cola made my temperature drop a bit. I"ll chill with the liquids and add more starch, maybe that will keep me warmer. Energy was pretty high today. I also luckily got to spend 90 minutes tanning in shorts today (it was 60 degrees and sunny).